Black River (1993)
- Directed by
- Kevin Lucas
- Genre
- action film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An Aboriginal woman reckons with grief and anger after a loved one dies while in police custody. The film shows how this death affects her family and community.
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What happens
Black River is a 1993 Australian film directed and produced by Kevin Lucas and starring Aboriginal mezzo-soprano Maroochy Barambah. It is a film adaptation of an eponymous opera (1989) by Andrew Schultz and Julianne Schultz that tells the story of an Aboriginal death in custody and its consequences. The film was nominated for the 1993 Australian Film Institute Award for Award Best Screenplay and won the 1994 Montréal International Festival of Films on Art Jury Prize for Adapted Screenplay of the Year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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